Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

DreamChess 0.2.1, RC 1 Chess GUI (WB)
C source; Linux
- this is a *release candidate*
- available as source-code tar.gz file
http://www.dreamchess.org/downloads.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 53 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 68 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 44 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 68 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 32 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 32 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 68 days (a 110mb.com site)
MadChess homepage down today (not found)
Nejmet homepage down for 52 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 44 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 17 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tornado homepage down for 4 days (requires password for access)
T-Rex homepage down for 53 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 133 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Bodhi Linux 2.4.0
Debian/Ubuntu-based distro; Enlightenment desktop; #16 in popularity
http://www.bodhilinux.com/

Calibre 1.3.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

OS4 OpenLinux 14
Debian/Xubuntu-based Linux distro; KDE or XFCE desktop; #13 in popularity
http://www.os4online.com/

Vala/Genie 0.21.2 Beta
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- this is the *development* branch (beta)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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